Illustrated history of Kennebec County, Maine; 1625-1892, Part 115

Author: Kingsbury, Henry D; Deyo, Simeon L., ed
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: New York, Blake
Number of Pages: 1790

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The Town Clerks, with date of first election have been: 1802, Daniel Morrill; 1807, Jacob Graves; 1810, Nathaniel Whittier; 1821, James Chapman; 1829, Nathaniel Graves; 1834, Lewis Bradley; 1836, Jonathan Graves; 1838, Isaac N. Whittier; 1841, Frankiin Dearborn; 1842, Jabez S. Mooers; 1848, Josiah P. Mooers; 1852, A. Bradley; 1853, Thomas C. Norris; 1857, Gerry Graves; 1867, Josiah Morrill; 1869, Henry Dowst; and since 1889, M. F. Eaton.

The Town Treasurers have been: 1802, Arnold Wethren; 1804, Gideon Wells; 1805, Elisha Johnson; 1807, Barnard Kimball; 1809, Nathaniel Morrill; 1810, James Cofren; 1812, Joshua Moores; 1817, Jacob Graves; 1825, Nathaniel Whittier; 1834, Ozem Dowst; 1836, John Marden; 1844, James Porter; 1845, Benjamin Porter; 1847, Thomas C. Norris; 1849, Gerry Graves; 1851, J. P. Mooers; 1852, A. Bradley; 1858, Nathaniel Graves; 1865, Josiah Morrill; 1867, James Porter; 1868, Henry Graves; 1877, Jonathan Graves; 1879, S. B. Gorden; and since 1886, E. N. Allen.

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Elbridge N. Allen, born in 1854 in New Sharon, is a son of Ben- jamin F. and Sarah B. (Neal) Allen, and grandson of John Allen, of Vienna. He came to Vienna in 1864, and since 1875 has run a car- riage and sleigh shop. In 1879 he began to manufacture burial caskets, and is also engaged in undertaking and carriage trimming. He has been town treasurer since 1886, and has served on board of health since 1889. He married Emma L. Knowlton, and they have one daughter, Lillian N.

CHARLES K. BESSE .- In the last century Jabez Besse came from Massachusetts to Wayne and engaged in farming. Here, in 1790, his son, Edmund P., was born, lived and died. Edmund married Alice, daughter of Charles Kent, of Kents Hill, Readfield. She was born in 1791 and died in 1875, having borne her husband five children: Mary,

Charles R. Besse

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Charles K., Albert, Martha and Willard M. Of these, Charles K., Martha and Willard still survive.

Charles K. was born in Wayne, August 30, 1819, and was educated in the common schools of that town and at Monmouth Academy. He passed the years from boyhood to manhood on his father's farm, learn- ing by hard, practical experience those principles of agriculture, to the successful application of which, in later life, he owes his present substantial financial position. He has dealt somewhat extensively in land both in this state and in the West, and still owns quite an amount of real estate outside of Maine.

In 1841 he bought a farm at East Livermore, which he cultivated for about seven years. Prior to this purchase he married in Wayne, in 1841, Lydia W., daughter of James B. and Sarah Read, of Bowdoin- ham. About 1849 Mr. Besse returned to Wayne, and for eight years was there engaged in trade. He afterward went back to East Liver- more, but in 1867 he came to Vienna and bought of John Neal the farm on which he has since resided.

Mr. Besse has confined himself almost entirely to farming, and though he has been for several years a selectman of Vienna, he has been more of a looker on than an active participant in the political arena. He is a staunch democrat, and in 1892 received from his party the nomination by acclamation for representative. Though defeated, he ran ahead of his ticket, a fact which well demonstrated his popu- larity in a republican district.

December 25, 1891, the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Besse was celebrated, on which occasion they were the surprised recipients of a gold dollar for each year of their married life. Two children have been born to them: Sarah W., November 22, 1844. died February 24, 1859, and Charles R., August 24, 1847. Charles R. married, December 25, 1872, Jennie L., only daughter of Isaac Boothby, of Leeds. She died July 29, 1880, in her thirtieth year, having borne her husband one child, Read B., born September 18, 1874. He is a graduate of Dirigo Business College at Augusta, and now lives at Waterville. His father, Charles R., is farming in Nebraska, where he owns a large tract of land.

Wesley Bradley, born in 1836, is a grandson of Rev. Josiah Brad- ley (1770-1842), and a son of Alvin (1806-1881) and Hannah Bradley. He married Cynthia Mooers and has one son, Irving R., who married Myrtie E. Foss. Mrs. Wesley Bradley was a daughter of Samuel, and a granddaughter of Nathaniel Mooers, one of the early settlers of Vienna. Irving R. Bradley, after carrying on a wholesale meat busi- ness for about four years, formed a partnership with his father Janu- ary 1, 1892, and under the firm name of W. Bradley & Son, they are engaged in the same business.

Josephus Brown, born in Vienna in 1847, is a son of John B. and

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Mary Brown, and grandson of Jesse Brown, who came to Vienna from New Hampshire, and had three sons: John B., Josiah and Willis P. Mr. Brown is a farmer on the farm where his father died in 1891. He married Lizzie J. Maddocks, who died December 30, 1888. He has been selectman since 1889.

Willis P. Brown, born in 1821, is a son of Jesse (1779-1852) and Sally (Bacheldor) Brown. Their children were: Sally, Abigail, John B., Josiah and Willis P., who married Sibyl H., daughter of Stephen Holland. She died in 1889. Their only son, Lewis L., died in 1877. Mr. Brown worked for several years in Massachusetts, and in 1850 returned to Vienna, where he has since been a farmer. He was select- man for seven years, and also collector for several years.

Charles W. Cameron, born in 1839, in Southport, Me., is a son of William R. and Julia A. Cameron, grandson of John, and great-grand- son of John Cameron, who came from Scotland. He went to sea with his father when a boy, and followed the sea until 1870, when he moved to Vienna. He married Roxy Brown, who died in 1877, leaving two children: Freeman W. and Rubie L. His second wife was Ida E. Whittier.

Stephen Wesley Carr, born in 1843, is a son of Stephen and Betsey Carr, and grandson of James Carr. Mr. Carr carried on a carriage and repair shop on the old homestead for some fifteen years prior to 1883, when he sold the homestead and bought another farm in Vienna, which he has since carried on. He married Sarah, widow of his brother, George W., and daughter of Ira and Sarah (Brown) Sevey, who came to Vienna from Deerfield, N. H., in 1798. Mr. Carr has been selectman five years, two years chairman of the board, and road commissioner one year.

Adin B. Comstock, born in Blackstone, Mass., in 1829, is a son of Stephen and Olive Comstock, and grandson of Caleb Comstock, who was born in Oxbridge, Mass. He married Mary B. Sevey, and came to Vienna in 1855. She died in 1860, leaving three children: Charles N., who died; Hiram A., who is a blacksmith; and Ira A. In 1873 he married Mrs. Charlotte Brown. She had one daughter, Edith J. Brown. Their children are: Ethel M., Elena C., Charles F. and Ella R. He has lived on his present farm since 1873.

Samuel Davis, born in 1838, is a son of Captain Samuel and Mary (Stain) Davis, and grandson of Samuel B. Davis, whose father came from England. Mr. Davis served in the late war, in the 4th Maine Band, enlisting in 1861. In 1867 he came to Vienna, where he has since carried on a blacksmith shop. His wife was Lucy Colley. Their children are: Edna E. (Mrs. William Carson), and May V.

Henry Dowst, born in Vienna in 1817, is a son of Ozem and Betsey (Burrill) Dowst, who came from New Hampshire to Vienna about 1810. Henry married Mary J. Blackstone, who died in 1864. Their

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children were: Dana M., died in the army; Selden M., died in Wash ington returning from the army; John A., Henry F. and Laforest. He married for his second wife, Mary J. Brainard. He was a farmer until 1866, when he started in trade at Vienna, where he has since kept a general store, in connection with his son, Laforest, who is postmaster at Vienna. He was on the board of selectmen for some sixteen years and was town clerk for twenty years. He was in the legislature in 1874.

Jacob S. Graves, son of Joseph, and grandson of Joseph Graves, was born in Vassalboro in 1830. His father (born 1771) and his grand- father were natives of Brentwood. The family is descended from Thomas Graves, who came from Gravesend, England, to New England in 1630, under contract made in London in 1629 with the New England Company, as land surveyor, builder of dams, bridges, forts, etc., and as mineralogist, a contract now in possession of the New England Historical Society. Jacob S. Graves' maternal grandfather, Jonathan Carlton, of Newburyport, Mass., served through the revolution and was at the battle of Bunker Hill. His wife was a daughter of Na- thaniel Cochrane, a son of James Cochrane, an early settler of Vienna. Mr. Graves is engaged in farming and has been connected with the Portland Transcript for thirty-five years.

Woodbury Hall, born in 1832 in Georgetown, Me., is a son of Thomas O. and Sarah E. Hall, and grandson of John Hall, who had four sons: William, Thomas, Woodbury and John. Thomas Hall's sons were: William J., Thomas S., Charles B., George W. and Wood- bury. The last named married Mary E. Dodge, and their children are: Etta M., Edgar W., Lizzie C., Fred E., Belle D., Thomas O. and one that died, Winfield H. Mr. Hall is a ship carpenter by trade. He worked in the ship-yard at Bath, Me., for fourteen years prior to 1861, when he enlisted in Company D, 3d Maine, and was made first lieutenant. After being in twenty-two battles lie returned to Vienna, where his father had died in 1863, and has since been a farmer.

William H. Morrell, born in 1823, is one of four sons of Daniel and Hannah (Courier) Morrell. His brothers were Saunders, Dexter and Oliver. His grandfather was Daniel Morrell, who came to Vienna from Massachusetts in 1795. William H. married Angeline, daughter of Jonathan, and granddaughter of Jacob Graves, who died in Vienna in 1843. Their children are: Fred B., who lives in Dakota; Lillian A., Mabel E. and Eva A., who died in 1873.

Laforest Porter, born in Vienna in 1852, is a son of Benjamin and Abigail Porter, and grandson of Benjamin Porter, who came to Vienna in early life. Laforest married Jennie, daughter of Wellington French, of Mt. Vernon, and they have one daughter, Minnie E. Mr. Porter lives on the old homestead where his father died in 1868.

Sewall Prescott, born in Vienna in 1825, is a son of Jedidiah (1787-

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1855) and Olive Prescott, and grandson of John Prescott. Jedidiah had three sons: John C., Jedidiah and Sewall. He married Sarah A., daughter of Moses Brown. Their children were: Moses B., who died in 1890; James L., who lives in Mt. Vernon; Della A., Nettie E. and Leslie, who died in infancy. Mr. Prescott lived in Somerset county after marriage until 1861, when he came to Vienna, where he has since lived.

THE WHITTIER FAMILY .- In 1638 the British ship Confidence brought to this country a lad of sixteen, Thomas Whittier, who set- tled in Massachusetts, and in 1645 married Ruth Green, of Salisbury. From this marriage sprang the American branch, somewhat numer- ous in members, of the ancient English family of Whittier. Some of the descendants of Thomas removed to New Hampshire, and in 1780 it is recorded that three Whittier brothers came from there to Read- field, Me., made a clearing, planted a crop of potatoes, and returned to their native state. The first member of the family, however, who came to stay, was Nathaniel Whittier, born in Salisbury, Massachu- setts, February 23, 1743. He married, in 1766, Elizabeth, daughter of Jedidiah and Hannah Prescott, of Brentwood, New Hampshire, where Elizabeth was born, January 5, 1745.

Nathaniel, with his brother-in-law, Jedidiah Prescott, jun., pur- chased the town of Vienna from the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and disposed of a large amount of the land at a nominal price in order to further its settlement. He also divided among his sons-Thomas, Jedidiah, Abel, Nathaniel and Levi-a large tract of land lying in the northern part of the town where, with the exception of Thomas, they resided the rest of their lives.

Nathaniel, the father, died at Readfield, April 7, 1795. Nathaniel, jun., was born there February 26, 1783, and was one of the early set- tlers of Vienna, removing there soon after his father bought the town. A part of the land which fell to his share is still in possession of the family, the houses shown in the accompanying illustration having been erected upon it by himself and his brother Abel. October 29, 1804, Nathaniel married at Mt. Vernon, Me., Nancy, daughter of James Merrill. She was born in Raymond, New Hampshire, January 22, 1785, and died in Vienna, January 2, 1843. His second wife was Mrs. Sarah (Bodwell) Jayne, of Augusta. Nathaniel was prominent in shaping the affairs of his town, and at various times held nearly all the public offices in its gift. He was an earnest Christian, and a val- ued member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His death occurred at Vienna, February 27, 1869. Of his twelve children, but five are now alive: John, living in Waltham, Mass .; Nathaniel and Cyrus, of New Sharon, Me .; and Simon and Frank, now residents of California, Frank being a wealthy merchant in San Francisco.

Abel, an older brother of Nathaniel, of Vienna (son of the original

The Abal Whittier Homestead, Vienna, M.

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RESIDENCE OF Mr. H. N. WHITTIER AND HOME OF Mrs. NANCY WHITTIER SOPER, VIENNA, ME.

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Nathaniel of that town), was born at Readfield, February 24, 1781, and married his cousin, Lois Prescott, December 25, 1806. He built the house north of the church about 1805, and died there August 5, 1829. The house south of the church was built by his brother, Nathaniel. Abel's children were: Henry D., b. October 14, 1807, d. April 7, 1876; Isaac N., b. March 28, 1809, d. October 29, 1847; Mary J., b. September 29, 1810, d. February 10, 1869; Betsey, b. April 21, 1812, d. October 9, 1850; Lois, b. April 23, 1814, d. November 12, 1863; David, b. July 24, 1815, d. October 19, 1869; Harriet (Mrs. Craig, of Waltham, Mass.), b. October 27, 1816; Hannah (who married her second cousin, George B. Whittier, of Vienna), b. April 28, 1818; Joanna, b. October 19, 1819, d. September 23, 1883; Nancy (Mrs. Soper, of Vienna), b. November 30, 1821; Lewis, b. October 10, 1823. d. May 3, 1855; Robert R., b. June 27, 1825, d. March 28, 1886; and Abel C., of Westford, Mass., b. October 23, 1828.

Nancy married, June 6, 1869, Jesse Soper, a prominent and wealthy farmer of South Chesterville, Me. He died August 31, 1872. Mrs. Soper, now a remarkably preserved old lady of seventy-one years, lived in Farmington, Me., for nearly eight years succeeding her husband's death, and, then, after visiting Massachusetts and other states, came, in 1889, to live with her nephew, Hiram N. Whittier, in the house originally built by her uncle, Nathaniel, on land given him by his father.

Hiram N. Whittier, born in 1847, is a son of George B. and Han- nah Whittier, who was a daughter of Abel Whittier, of Vienna. George B. was a son of Nathaniel Whittier, of Mt. Vernon, and they were both descendants of Thomas Whittier, who came to America in 1638 and died in 1696. Hiram N. married Augusta H., daughter of Rev. Selden Bean, and their children are: Lilla M., Lucy E. and Laura A. Mr. Whittier is a farmer and lives on land first settled by Na- thaniel Whittier.

Perley Whittier, one of six children of Lyman and Judith (Brown) Whittier, and a grandson of Nathaniel Whittier, married Marinda C. Landers, of Belgrade. Their children are: Ernest T., Albert L., Viola E., Sadie M., Charlie L., Arthur P. and Lottie M. Of Lyman Whittier's six children, but three are living. Perley was a soldier in the late war with Company K, 24th Maine, and was under General Banks at the siege of Port Hudson.

JACOB S. WOODS .- When the war of 1812 broke out, Captain Henry Woods, who, in 1806, had come from Nottingham Square, N. H., to Belgrade, threw a saddle on his horse, and spurred across country to join the American forces at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. In this war he was killed, leaving a widow, Alice (Fitch), who died in Belgrade in March, 1830, and ten children, nine of whom reached years of matu- rity. Sampson, the youngest son, born May 30, 1794, came to Belgrade

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with his parents, and followed farming for a living. He married Dorothy Wadleigh, who bore him eight children: Jacob S., Sampson, Dolly Jane, Emily, Luther, Greenleaf W., Martin V. and Ellen C.

Jacob S., the oldest child, and subject of this sketch, was born Oc- tober 8, 1815, in Mt. Vernon, whither his father removed at the time of his marriage, and where he resided until his death, August 14, 1865. Jacob S. attended the district schools of his native town through boyhood, and assisted his father on the farm until he reached man's estate. He then worked for a number of years in saw mills at Hallowell and Bath, and in 1851, during the gold excitement on the Pacific slope, went to California, where he remained several years. Returning from the West to Mt. Vernon, he lived in that town a short time, and May 16, 1854, removed to Vienna, settling on a farm he had purchased of Columbus Hale. For a number of years, at various times, he was selectman, constable and collector of taxes, but he did not seek public office, preferring farming to politics, and contented himself with successfully cultivating the soil until his death, Septem- ber 22, 1885.

Mr. Woods was twice married, his first wife being a second cousin, Lovisa Woods, of Mt. Vernon, whom he espoused in 1838, and by whom he had three children: Herbert, born in 1839; Frederick, 1842; and Sampson, who died in infancy. Herbert died in 1865, and Fred- erick is now a wealthy merchant in California. In 1848 Mr. Woods married his second wife, Margaret S. Higgins, of Bath, who bore him two children: Emma, born July 9, 1849, who married True French, of Mt. Vernon, in September, 1872, with whom she is now living in Illinois; and Carrie, born October 29, 1856, who married Cordis E. Bean, of Vienna, in March, 1880, with whom and her mother she is now living on the old homestead in Vienna.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

TOWN OF ROME.

Incorporation .- Natural Features .- First Inhabitants .- Population and Valua- tion .- Schools .- Mills .- Post Office .- Stores. - Religious Matters .- Burial Places .- Civil Lists .- Personal Paragraphs.

T HE town of Rome was incorporated from the plantation of West Pond, March 6, 1804, as the one hundred and fiftieth town in the province of Maine. It is situated twenty miles northwest from Augusta, with which it is connected by a daily stage running to New Sharon. It has seven times as many hills as the eternal city whose name it bears, and granite enough to rebuild the old Roman capital. About one-fourth of its surface is preempted by ponds, the largest two bearing the suggestive names of Great and Long.

The pioneer settlers came at the close of the revolutionary war, in which several of them had served. One of these, John Rogers, who was sergeant of the guard that marched Major André to the gallows, and was in the thick of the fight, and saw Lord Cornwallis surrender his sword at Yorktown, told his grandson, John Rogers Prescott, who owns and lives on the original farm, that when he chopped and cleared his first acre no trees had been cut in all that region, except a few by hunters.

Joseph Hall, Benjamin Furbush, Stephen Philbrick, Joseph Halbo, Trip Mosher and Starbird Turner are believed to have been Mr. Rogers' associates and neighbors-the first settlers. They were a brave lot of men, and their wives were equally courageous, or they would never have subdued and possessed the land. The glacier that halted and squatted on Rome, dumped its deck-load of stone in streaks -generally leaving the valleys quite free from rocks. With a pre- dominance of gravel and sand, and a valuable addition of clay, there are some excellent farms lying between the windrows of stone. The farmers in the main are comfortable, thrifty and independent. They raise the usual variety of crops, and grow valuable stock.

When incorporated, the population was about 300; in 1830 it was 830; in 1860 the town had attained its greatest census figure-864; in 1870, 725; in 1880, 606; and in 1890, 500. The taxed valuation in 1890 was $102,117. The real estate in 1891 was assessed at $66,500, and the

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personal estate at $19,288. The taxes for 1892 amounted to the un- usual figure of nearly five cents on each dollar of assessment. Dur- ing the year ending February, 1892, the highways cost $167, and the support of the poor, $392. The town at one time owned a farm for its paupers, but this was sold and the old system of contracting for board with the lowest bidder was resumed. The town, with a school population of 150, is divided into six districts, in which 118 pupils attended school in 1891. The amount paid to teachers, and for the support of school houses in 1891, was $416.90, and for books $202. The town house, which is situated at the Corner, where the stores and post office have long been located, was built in 1843.

Fifty years ago, when there was considerable travel on the stage line from Hallowell and Augusta to Farmington, and a great deal of teaming over the same roads, Stephen Morrell opened his house and kept a tavern. He was succeeded by Thomas Whittier, on the New Sharon road, and he by his son, Charles, at the Corner. George Ab- bott was the next and the last. A mile northeast, Ivory Blaisdell kept a tavern where Elbridge Blaisdell lives.

MILLS .- The first grist mill in Rome was built before 1820, by Joel Richardson, son of Joel Richardson, of North Belgrade. Luke Rob- bins, the next owner, built an addition and put in another run of stone about 1830. Fifteen years later Isaiah Blanchard bought the property, and in turn sold it to Simon Robbins, a son of Luke Robbins. Simon followed the business till his death in 1865. John Grant was the next proprietor. and Pardue Brownell was the last. The mill ceased grind- ing fifteen years ago and is entirely dilapidated.

On the outlet of Allen pond, Thomas Whittier built a saw mill about 1840. Twenty rods below he put up a shingle mill in 1846, kept it in operation fifteen years, and then tore it down. In 1865 he sold the saw mill to Moses French, who put two runs of stone in the build- ing, and ground grain till his death, in 1880. Very little grinding was done after that.

POST OFFICE .- Rome has had but one post office, and that took the name of the town, January 19, 1830, with Stephen Morrell the first postmaster. His successors have been: Thomas Whittier, appointed August, 1837; John T. Fifield, September, 1862; Charles H. Whittier, February, 1863; Christopher Tracy, October, 1868; Ira B. Tracy, March, 1873; Almond Works, February, 1874; George H. Abbott, April, 1880; Lizzie A. Abbott, September, 1883; Edward Phillips, January, 1886; Everett A. Watson, January, 1887; and Manley H. Blaisdell, August, 1889.

STORES .- Simon Robbins kept store merchandise in one corner of his grist mill and was probably the first trader in Rome. The first store at the Corner was built by Charles Whittier about 1840. He traded in it till it burned, when he built another. Amaziah Tracy

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and Ira Blaisdell were his successors, and then Christopher Tracy, who was the second to be burned out. Selden Works built the third store, and after two years' trade he was the third victim of fire. He rebuilt at once, and George Abbott was the next trader. Edward Phillips succeeded him and was the fourth merchant to lose his store by fire. Everett Watson built the fifth store, which he sold to the present trader, Manley H. Blaisdell. Ira Blaisdell had a store during the civil war in what is now Watson's blacksmith shop.

A half mile from the Corner. on the back road to Mercer, Elder James Tibbetts built and ran a store seven years. Holmes & Blaisdell kept it next, after which the building was moved to Ivory Blaisdell's farm and he there sold goods for ten years. In the northwest part of the town A. K. P. Dudley is trading in a store which he opened in 1880, and less than a mile from him S. W. Clement has also been in the same business since 1885.

RELIGIOUS INTERESTS .- Of ordinary church organization and de- nominational history Rome has but a limited amount. She has no church buildings, and has never had any. But from these statements it must not be thought that she has been wanting in moral convic- tions and religious gatherings. The older inhabitants tell with satis- faction of neighborhood prayer meetings held in private houses in years gone by, where men and women were profoundly affected in their united worship of God. The first society was organized by the Free Baptists of the order known as Buzzelites. Lemuel and Asa Turner, Ivory Blaisdell and Samuel Varney were prominent members.

The present Free Baptist society was organized in 1858, by Elder Samuel Hutchins, and consisted of the following members: Robert Hussey, Israel Estes and wife, John Hammond and wife, William Smith, George Mosher, Ira Foster, Abigail Wentworth, Christopher Tracy and wife and Daniel Allen and wife. John Hammond and Ephraim Nolls have been the principal preachers, and the meetings are held in school houses and in the town house.

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Illustrated history of Kennebec County, Maine; 1625-1892, Part 115

Author: Kingsbury, Henry D; Deyo, Simeon L., ed Publication date: 1892 Publisher: New York, Blake Number of Pages: 1790

Author: Kingsbury, Henry D; Deyo, Simeon L., ed
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: New York, Blake
Number of Pages: 1790